It seemed like it would be hard for Steph Curry to top leading the annual Lake Tahoe celebrity golf tournament after the first day on Friday.
But on Saturday, he created an even greater highlight: a hole-in-one.
Playing at the American Century Championship, Curry one-bounced a shot in at the seventh hole at Edgewood Golf Course for what he said was his second-ever hole-in-one.
Curry celebrated the shot by throwing his hat off and running with his arms in the air all the way down the 152-yard hole to the pin. In a quick interview with NBC, an out-of-breath Curry made note that the run to the pin is “a lot longer than 90 feet” for a basketball court.
“I am so excited right now, that is crazy,” Curry said. “I’ll be out of breath for the rest of the day, but for good reason though.”
It’s the first-ever hole-in-one on the seventh hole in the 35-year history of the American Century Championship.
It also pushed Curry further into the lead at the Tahoe tournament. Using the modified Stableford scoring system, the eight-point hole-in-one on the seventh hole gave Curry 43 total points through 25 holes, giving him a 10-point gap over the next-closest competitor (former Sharks captain Joe Pavelski).
Curry had a four-point lead after the first day of the three-day celebrity tournament thanks to a hot start — two birdies and an eagle on the first four holes — and dropping what he told reporters was “probably the best putt I’ve ever made in my life” for a birdie on the 12th hole.
Curry’s approach shot on the par-3 12th left him about 40 feet from the hole and up on a ridge. But the basketball sharpshooter displayed some finesse on the golf course, hitting his putt away from the hole and letting it ride the groove of the ridge straight into the cup.
On the Peacock broadcast, Curry was seen walking away from the putt and didn’t even look as the ball went into the hole, displaying the same prescient sense that he so often shows on the basketball court.
But even that celebration didn’t come close to what Curry did on Saturday, waving his arms up and down to pump up the gallery.
While Curry didn’t match Friday’s scorching hot start on Saturday, getting a par on the first five holes, he got a birdie on the sixth hole, setting up the seventh hole’s special scene.
